VB Forum / General / October 2006

Is there a way to get get the date and file size of a web page ? For ex: I
would like to programmatically identify the date and file size of
www.yourwebsite.com/default.htm ?
Thank you

I am converting a DELPHI application to VB 6.0. Language in the DELPHI
Project is PASCAL. In the application coder has created a TMemoryStream
type. I just want to know what is its equivalent in VB 6.0
The complete code is -

I wanted to know what was the best or common practice for connecting remotely
over the internet to a database on a website or server from a vb6 or vb.net
app?
How can I connect to a ms access mdb database or a 2000sql database through

Apologies for a long introduction to the question...
I use VB6 to develop shareware applications for ham radio operators. So far
I have managed to maintain compatibility from Win95 through to XP. Having
started digging into what I need to do to be 'well behaved' under Vista it

The Problem (Multi Processor only):
This occurs when there is MORE than one Logical/Physical CPU on the system.
When a console winevent hook function is active, changing the codepage of a
console window causes the console window to not respond.

How can i call a project to another goup in a project group.
I want to call a form in the project a when click on a button in the
project b
MD

I am having trouble printing labels from VB.  If  I use:
Printer.Orientation = vbPRORportrait
it prints correctly but obviously it is 90 degress rotated.
If I use:

Here is some code I found on the web:
   Dim s As Integer
   Dim dta As String
Private Sub Form_Load()

For years I've had my applications install into C:\Program Files with
activity logs typically written to a \LOGS subdirectory and read/write data,
configuration files, etc... placed in a \data and \config subdirectory.
Looking at numerous other applications, this would appear to ...

We have a vb6 app that now won't close in Win 9x (certainly Win95).
It closes gracefully in Win XP.
The app has main form subclassed (for wheelmouse support) and uses a hidden
form to store a few additional controls.

I need to know how do I get de transaction number used to insert, update or
delete a record a record.
I mean, if I make 3 insert in diferent tables with transaction's help
how do I get this number again?

I have a form that's based on a query.  I'm trying to make the form
only accept hours worked if there is a pay rate already entered in
another form.  If not the form will return a message box notifiying the
user that there is no corresponding pay rate for the hours entered,

I have an VB6 application that does all sorts of things on usb.
I want to parse through the list of usb device connected to this
machine, i.e. VID/PID and see if there is a certain device present.  If
a certain device is connected to the PC I need to let users know.

I have a need to one-way hash a UUID (32 digit hex number).  Now I can
certainly treat it as text, and hash it that way, but given that it is a
number, and the UUID is effectively a one-way hash itself, if I remember
correctly, it just seems like overkill.  I just feel that I am ...

I am new to API but have a general undestanding.  i am trying to write
a pretty simple program that will copy the contents of my Documents and
Settings folder over the network to where i store my backup's at work.
I want the program to not overwrite files that are already there,